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reluctant

 
(rĭ-lŭk'tənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
  2. Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile.
  3. Offering resistance; opposing.

[Latin reluctāns, reluctant-, present participle of reluctārī, to reluct. See reluct.]

reluctantly re·luc'tant·ly adv.

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adjective

    Not inclined or willing to do or undertake: averse, disinclined, indisposed, loath, unwilling. See willing/unwilling.

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Definition: unenthusiastic, unwilling
Antonyms: anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Showing doubt or unwilling.

pronunciation You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it. — Corazon C. Aquino

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tøvende, modvillig, modstræbende

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwillig

Français (French)
adj. - peu enthousiaste, réticent, à contre-c¯ur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - widerwillig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απρόθυμος, διστακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
riluttante, restio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - relutante, ingrato

Русский (Russian)
неохотный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ser reacio a, vacilar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ovillig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不情愿的, 厌恶的, 勉强的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不情願的, 厭惡的, 勉強的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꺼리는, 마음 내키지 않는, 마지못해 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - …したがらない, 不承不承の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متردد, معارض, ممانع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא רוצה, לא מתלהב, מסרב‬


 
 

 

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